# NTSB CHI83LA013: Cessna 172, N3700R, Port Huron, MI, October 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 9, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Location: 42.9110° N, 82.5288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLAIR COUNTY INTL (PHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9110&lon=-82.5288&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON TOUCHDOWN A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, SWERVED TO THE RIGHT AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 30 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3700R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17255500
- Airframe hours: 865
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Leon Walczak
- Registered owner: Leon Walczak
- Departed: FRASER, MI
- Destination: PORT HURON, MI
- Airport: PHN, St. Clair County, runway 4, 5,105 × 50 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,015 total, 348 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 113 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821009054839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821009054839A), Oct 9, 1982: Cessna 172H, Port Huron, MI, Substantial damage. Landed with quartering tailwind. A strong gust forced aircraft off runway into a ditch. Lost nose gear,nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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